Chapter 3 Reading Questions: 1. Core Case Study: “Have you thanked your insects today?”- Explain why insects are significant. Many of the earth’s plant species depend upon insects to pollinate them. Carnivorous insects‚ such as the praying mantis‚ control the ‘pest’ insect population. 2. What percentage of the species on this planet consists of insects? Animals? Plants? 53% are insects; 20% are other animals; 18% are plants. 3. Give three examples of how we benefit from microbes. Soil bacteria
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APES Chapter Questions Living in the Environment‚ Miller‚ 15th Ediction Chapter 1: Environmental Problems‚ Their Causes & Sustainability 1. What is an environmentally sustainable society? Give 2 examples. 2. What is the rate of global population growth? 3. How do you calculate doubling time? 4. What is the difference between economic growth‚ economic development and environmentally sustainable development? 5. Define natural capital and natural capital degradation. Give
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Chapter 10: Land‚ Public and Private 1. Why do humans value land? Humans value land because it has multiple purposes such as agriculture‚ housing‚ recreation‚ industry‚ disposing waste‚ mining‚ etc. 2. What is the tragedy of the commons? What is an externality? The tragedy of commons is when people share a common resource they tend to deplete is because of self-interest and for a short term profit. 3. What is maximum sustainable yeild? Maximum sustainable yield is the maximum amount of harvest
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rates differ? The difference between a confined and unconfined aquifer is that a confined aquifer is an aquifer that is surrounded by a layer of impermeable rock or clay. Unconfined aquifer is when water can easily flow in and out of such an aquifer. 3. How do human activities worsen the effects of droughts and floods? Human activities worsen the effects of droughts and floods because when humans build structures they are taking away natural land that may prevent flooding‚ and our farms are influencing
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Chapter 3 Questions 1. How would you respond when someone makes a decision that adversely affects you while saying “it’s nothing personal it’s just business”? Is business impersonal? If it was in a company situation I would raise with the company management or human resources. If it was outside in society‚ I would address the management of the company‚ raise to consumer affairs or use social media to raise awareness. Business is personal. Businesses goals are not just to generate profits‚ and to
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A.P. U.S. History Chapter 3 Pages 68-83 Expansion and Native Americans 1. What caused a massive decrease in the numbers of New England Native Americans? Huge amounts of people fell to conflict and even more to disease. 2. What actions were taken by New Englanders to further the demise of Native tribes? The New Englanders regularly raided and massacre the native peoples around their towns 3. What were the causes of the Pequot War? The results? The cause of the Pequot war was a
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Question 1 10 out of 10 points The collection of program‚ data‚ stack‚ and attributes is referred to as the _________ . Selected Answer: C. process image Answers: A. process structure B. process control block C. process image D. process location Question 2 10 out of 10 points The __________ contains the basic elements of a user’s program and can be generated directly from a compiled object file. Selected Answer: B. user-level context Answers: A. all of the
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society. [B] different groups of people remained isolated. [C] people traveled so often‚ getting to know each other. [D] the lifestyles were radically different from all that had gone before. [E] elements of the culture were widely shared. 3. The foremost power in Anatolia from 1700 to 1200 B.C.E. was the [A] Medes. [B] Assyrians. [C] Kassites. [D] Hittites. [E] Babylonians. 4. During the Late Bronze Age‚ important Middle Eastern states shared a vital interest in the trade
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E. W APES-6th Period Food Web Questions Oct 2013 Salt Water Marshes- Q&A 1. Identify a potential symbiotic relationship (p.153-155) in your food web and describe it. Within our food web of Salt Water Marshes‚ located specifically in Virginia‚ there is a symbiotic relationship between the American Alligator and other organisms whose survival is dependent on the water they live in. During dry seasons‚ gator holes fill up with water‚ and could be one of the only locations with water. All the organisms
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Environment: The Science Behind the Stories‚ 4e (Withgott) Chapter 5 Environmental Systems and Ecosystem Ecology 5.1 Graph and Figure Interpretation Questions Use Figure 5.1 to answer the following questions. 1) This graph helps to explain ________. A) why the open ocean is so productive B) why cultivated lands are a logical choice to replace rainforests C) why we need to be concerned with damage to rainforests and coral reefs D) why tundra has such high net primary productivity
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